Adobe Flash Coming to a TV Near You

A recent deal struck by Adobe will be making the company's nearly ubiquitous (on the Web, anyway) Flash software available on a number of TVs and set-top boxes. The deal will bring the software to chips manufactured by roadcom, Intel, NXP, and STMicroelectronics.

A recent deal struck by Adobe will be making the company's nearly ubiquitous (on the Web, anyway) Flash software available on a number of TVs and set-top boxes. The deal will bring the software to chips manufactured by roadcom, Intel, NXP, and STMicroelectronics.

The first apps utilizing the software are expected to appear early next year. The apps will bring information like weather, news, and stocks to TV sets. Adobe has already struck deals with content providers like Netflix, Disney, and the New York Times to create apps for the platform.

As the BBC points out, sets manufactured by Sony and Samsung will not be utilizing Adobe's software--both of those companies are already tied to Yahoo's widget-based media platform.

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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